Eps 652: Soft Teens or Snowflake Parenting?

About this episode

Casey O'Roarty discusses the concept of 'snowflake parenting' and explores Positive Discipline strategies for raising tweens and teens.

In this solo episode, I take you into my comments section, where a listener called my parenting content "snowflake." I use it as a doorway into what Positive Discipline actually looks like with tweens and teens — why kind AND firm isn't soft, why consequences don't build skills, and how curiosity under the iceberg shifts how we show up. If you're raising an adolescent and tired of the "kick in the butt" narrative, this episode is for you. Find more info and show notes at: https://www.besproutable.com/podcasts/ eps-652-soft-teens-or-snowflake-parenting/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Casey O'Roarty

Topics covered

• parenting
• positive discipline
• teens
• adolescents
• consequences
• curiosity

Keywords

• snowflake parenting
• positive discipline
• teens
• parenting strategies
• consequences
• kind and firm
• adolescents

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Positive Discipline, besproutable.com, podcastchoices.com

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